Learn to Play “Take Me Home, Country Roads”

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Feb 012015
 
Use Standard A440 Tuning

Click on the note below and tune to that pitch. The Right Control is Volume the Bottom is Balance.

 ↓Low “E”↓                                                                                         ↓High “E”↓


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Video 1. Take Me Home, Country Roads.  See below for Chords & Lyrics.


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Take Me Home, Country Roads (Chords)


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Take Me Home, Country Roads (Lyrics with  the Chord Changes)


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“Take Me Home, Country Roads” Backing Track.




 

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Video 2. Youtube video of original.

Learn to Play “King Of The Road”

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Mar 242013
 

King Of The Road standard tuning.


Easy I-IV-V Chord progression. Easily transposed to accommodate your vocal range.


Key of A : however this song shifts Key UP by 1/2 step for the second half of the song.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhZNovQtUqs

Video 1. King Of The Road (with backing track). Video Blocked Worldwide!!


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Video 1B “King Of The Road” With vocals & chords shown.


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Video 2. King Of The Road (Slowly).


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Video 3. “King Of The Road” Slowly with Chords shown.


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King Of The Road Chords. The top chords are for the first half of the song & the bottom chords are for the key change at the end.


King Of The Road Chords



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King Of The Road Lyrics/Chord changes.




King Of The Road Lyrics

Learn to play “Home On The Range”

 Campfire Songs, Easy, Sing Along  No Responses »
Dec 262012
 

Here’s a classic campfire song which uses 4 chords. The lower 2 notes of each chord are played alternately with the 2nd lowest being hammered on.


This strumming style is not required as you may play a more basic strumming pattern if you wish:



Video 1. “Home On the Range” at speed. Video blocked worldwide.


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Video 2. “Home On the Range”  Played at 70% speed.


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Video 3. “Home On the Range”  Played at 50% speed.


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Home On The Range Chord Charts:


(note: the A7 uses an alternate fingering for a smooth transition to the D7 chord)



Home On The Range Chords


Home On The Range Lyrics & Chord Placement:




1st verse:
Oh, [G] give me a home where the [C] buffalo roam,
Where the [G] deer and the antelope [D7] play,
Where [G] seldom is heard a dis-[C]-couraging word
And the [G] skies are not [D7] cloudy all [G] day.

Chorus:
[G] Home, [D7] home on the [G] range,
Where the deer and the [A7] antelope [D7] play
Where [G] seldom is heard a dis-[C]-couraging word
And the [G] skies are not [D7] cloudy all [G] day.

2nd verse:
How [G] often at night when the [C] heavens are bright
With the [G] light from the glittering [D7] stars
Have I [G] stood here amazed and [C] asked as I gazed
If their [G] glory ex-[D7]-ceeds that of [G] ours.

Chorus:
[G] Home, [D7] home on the [G] range,
Where the deer and the [A7] antelope [D7] play
Where [G] seldom is heard a dis-[C]-couraging word
And the [G] skies are not [D7] cloudy all [G] day.



 

 

Learn to play “Folsom Prison Blues”

 Country, Intermediate, Sing Along  No Responses »
Dec 222012
 

Video Lessons:



Video 1: At speed with Backing Track.


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Video 2: 70% speed with Backing Track.


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Video 3: Played at half speed, divided into sections & explained (Lead begins at 1:30).


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Folsom Prison Blues Chords:


Folsom Prison Blues Chords


 

 

Folsom Prison Blues Lyrics & Chord Placement:



[E] I hear the train a comin’
It’s rollin’ ’round the bend,
And I ain’t seen the sunshine,
Since, I don’t know when,
I’m [A] stuck in Folsom Prison,
And time keeps draggin’ [E] on,
But that [B7] train keeps a-rollin’,
On down to San An[E]tone.

[E] When I was just a baby,
My Mama told me, “Son,
Always be a good boy,
Don’t ever play with guns,”
But I [A] shot a man in Reno,
Just to watch him [E] die,
When I [B7] hear that whistle blowin’,
I hang my head and [E] cry.   [Lead break] [E-A-E-B7-E].

[E] I bet there’s rich folks eatin’,
In a fancy dining car,
They’re probably drinkin’ coffee,
And smokin’ big cigars,
But I [A] know I had it comin’,
I know I can’t be [E] free,
But those [B7] people keep a-movin’,
And that’s what tortures [E] me.   [Lead break] [E-A-E-B7-E].

[E] Well, if they freed me from this prison,
If that railroad train was mine,
I bet I’d move out over a little,
Farther down the line,
[A] Far from Folsom Prison,
That’s where I want to [E] stay,
And I’d [B7] let that lonesome whistle,
Blow my Blues a[E]way.

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Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings – Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Farm Aid 1985)